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Rivers
Rivers are an integral part of the water
ecosystem - a conduit from catchment areas and watershed to estuaries and
oceans. It was only in recent history that the concept of river basins came to
the fore, increasingly our understanding of the interrelationships between land
use, run-off and erosion, water extraction and groundwater augmentation, and
other issues. This has led to a call for a broader apporach to water management,
at the river basin level, where such interplays can be better observed and
managed, and include the active participation of a range of stakeholders.
UNEP-IETC: Lakes and Reservoirs - Similarities,
Differences and Importance (Booklet)
The Short Series (4 volumes) on Planning and Management of Lakes and Reservoirs
has been produced with the objective of increasing environmental awareness and
education of the general public about freshwater bodies, their characteristics,
interactions and human intervention.
http://www.unep.or.jp/ietc/publications/short_series/lakereservoirs-1/index.asp
UNEP-IETC: Planning and Management of Lakes and
Reservoirs: An Integrated Approach to Eutrophication (publication)
The book "Planning and Management of Lakes and Reservoirs: An Integrated
Approach to Eutrophication" is the result of the participation of 26 experts
involved with the management of freshwater resources from Africa, Europe, North
and South America, Asia and Oceania. Their experiences on the causes and
possible ways to prevent eutrophication have been assembled here.
http://www.unep.or.jp/ietc/publications/techpublications/techpub-11/index.asp
UNEP-IETC: Technology Needs for Lake Management in
Indonesia - Investigation of Rawa Danau and Rawa Pening, Java (Publication)
The Government of Indonesia, through the Agency for the Assessment and
Applications of Technology (BPP Teknologi), is making efforts to ensure that
environmentally sound technologies are used in the planning and management of
resources including freshwater bodies. It is in this context that the
International Environmental Technology Centre of UNEP collaborated with BPPT in
implementing the project Technology Needs for Lake Management in Indonesia.
http://www.unep.or.jp/ietc/publications/techpublications/techpub-9/index.asp
UNEP-IETC: Building Partnerships between Citizens and
Local Governments for
Sustainable Lake Management (Document)
Against a backdrop of increasing public awareness and water quality degradation,
new constituencies and techniques for the sustainable management of the world's
lakes environments are emerging, fuelled, in part, by a growing appreciation of
their value as precious and shared resources
http://www.unep.or.jp/ietc/Focus/lakemanage/lake1.asp
UNEP-IETC: Guidelines for Lake Management (Publication
Series)
The entire series of 10 Guidelines for Lake Management developed by the
International Lake Environment Committee (ILEC) and the UNEP-IETC program are
now available on line.
http://www.unep.or.jp/ietc/Focus/pub_online.asp
UNEP-IETC: Lakes and Reservoirs - Similarities,
Differences and Importance (Booklet)
The Short Series (4 volumes) on Planning and Management of Lakes and Reservoirs
has been produced with the objective of increasing environmental awareness and
education of the general public about freshwater bodies, their characteristics,
interactions and human intervention.
http://www.unep.or.jp/ietc/publications/short_series/lakereservoirs-1/index.asp
UNEP-IETC: Planning and Management of Lakes and
Reservoirs: An Integrated Approach to Eutrophication (Publication)
The book "Planning and Management of Lakes and Reservoirs: An Integrated
Approach to Eutrophication" is the result of the participation of 26 experts
involved with the management of freshwater resources from Africa, Europe, North
and South America, Asia and Oceania. Their experiences on the causes and
possible ways to prevent eutrophication have been assembled here.
http://www.unep.or.jp/ietc/publications/techpublications/techpub-11/index.asp
UNEP-IETC: Technology Needs for Lake Management in
Indonesia - Investigation of Rawa Danau and Rawa Pening, Java (Publication)
The Government of Indonesia, through the Agency for the Assessment and
Applications of Technology (BPP Teknologi), is making efforts to ensure that
environmentally sound technologies are used in the planning and management of
resources including freshwater bodies. It is in this context that the
International Environmental Technology Centre of UNEP collaborated with BPPT in
implementing the project Technology Needs for Lake Management in Indonesia.
http://www.unep.or.jp/ietc/publications/techpublications/techpub-9/index.asp
SANICON: Regional Seminar on Governance for Integrated
Water Resource Management in a River Basin Context (Meeting note)
This seminar is organized by the International Water Management Institute
(IWMI), in collaboration with the International Food Policy Research Institute
(IFPRI) and the Kasetsart University (KU), Bangkok, with the sponsorship of the
Asian Development Bank (ADB).
http://www.cgiar.org/iwmi/water-in-asia/regional_iwrm.htm
IWMI: River Basin Initiative (Brochure)
Rivers and their associated ecosystems and biological diversity provide life
support for a high proportion of the world’s population. Worldwide, poor
management of land and water resources in many river basins has led to major
floods, water shortages, pollution and loss of biodiversity. There is a demand
for a mechanism to promote sharing of best practices and issues relating to
integrated management of river basins based on an ecosystem approach. This is
the basis for the development of the River Basin Initiative.
http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/textonly/dialogue/pdf/rbibrochure.pdf
UNEP-IETC: The Watershed: Water from the Mountains into
the Sea
Volume 2 focuses on the Watershed as a whole considering its different
components and the water cycle. This publication gives to the reader a short but
nice overview about the rivers, lakes, wetlands, groundwater and ice caps
amongst others that make together with the mountains and natural related
ecosystems the watershed. Also, in this booklet the description of the water
flow originated from the upstream or highlands until it reaches the sea is
provided giving at the same time some explanation about the interactions with
the different components of the watershed.
http://www.unep.or.jp/ietc/publications/short_series/lakereservoirs-2/index.asp
UNESCO-WAAP: World Water Development Report (Case
studies)
One of the most original aspects of the World Water Development Report
(WWDR)/water/wwap/wwdr/index.shtml, is its use of case studies as a testing
ground for new methodologies. The idea is to take a snapshot of global
conditions by including a selection of on-the-ground studies representing
different geographic regions, different conditions of water-related stress,
different socio-economic circumstance and different human needs.
http://www.unesco.org/water/wwap/case_studies/
IWA: Watershed and River Basin Management (Specialists
group)
This group is concerned to promote the understanding, benefits and utilization
of integrated catchment management approaches for the beneficial and sustainable
use of rivers worldwide. It plans to achieve this by the sharing of expertise
and experience among its members and with other interested individuals and
organizations; the organization of specialist conferences, newsletters,
cooperative projects and other activities of the International Water
Association.
http://www.iawq.org.uk/template.cfm?name=sg09
IWMI: River Basin Development: a framework for case
studies
Basin-level studies will provide more detailed knowledge on the cause-effect
relationships between water use and societal and agriculture-environment
interactions. These case studies shed light on issues that water stakeholders
from different backgrounds face.
http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/ComAss/riverbasin_framework.htm
IWMI: Integrated Basin Modeling (Publication)
River basins are complex areas, combining the natural processes of
precipitation, evapotranspiration, surface water and groundwater runoff with
man-made features such as dams and reservoirs, diversions and irrigation
schemes, and industrial and urban water uses. Computer models may be constructed
to represent these natural and man-made processes. Such models are used to help
understand processes that are difficult to measure (such as evaporation) and to
study the effects of changes in land cover, water management or climate on the
natural and man-made processes.
http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/pubs/Pub043/RR043.htm
IWMI: Basin-Level Use and Productivity of Water :
Examples from South Asia (Publication)
Discusses and illustrates concepts for identifying ways of improving
productivity of water within basins. The results of applying a water accounting
procedure to four sub-basins in South Asia (Bhakra in India; Chishtian in
Pakistan; Huruluwewa in nothern Sri Lanka; and Kirindi Oya in southern Sri
Lanka) are presented. The methodology used identifies the quantities and
productivity of various uses of water within a basin. This information is then
used to identify the water-saving potential, and the means of improving the
productivity of the managed supplies.
http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/pubs/pub049/RR049.htm
IWMI: Hydronomic Zones for Developing Basin Water
Conservation Strategies (Publication - PDF)
Changes in the way water is used in one part of a river basin often affect how
water is used somewhere else in that basin. This report introduces the concept
of hydronomic ( hydro water + nomus management) zones that were developed to
help untangle some of the complexities of basin-wide water resource use.
http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/pubs/pub056/Report56.pdf
IWMI: Modeling Water Resources Management at the Basin
Level: Review and Future Directions (Publication)
The world is facing severe and growing challenges in maintaining water quality
and meeting the rapidly growing demand for water resources. The river basin has
been acknowledged to be the appropriate unit of analysis to address these
challenges facing water resources management; and modeling at this scale can
provide essential information for policy makers in their decisions on allocation
of resources. This paper reviews the state of the art of modeling approaches to
integrated water resources management at the river basin scale.
http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/pubs/SWIM/SWIM06.PDF
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